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Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн адукацыі, навучальных дапаможнікаў і навучальнага кантэнту Competition Category.


ЖалезаАдукацыя· 2020

Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню

by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Client: Goolalang

Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Адукацыя Category

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The Design

About Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню

Goolalang — гэта платформа для навучання праграмаванню маленькіх дзяцей. Goolalang выкарыстоўвае мову праграмавання тыпу "перацягні і адпусці", створаную спецыяльна для дашкольнага ўзросту. Праграма выглядае як дарога, бачная зверху, са знакамі, якія паказваюць кірунак патоку, а адбітак ступні пазначае блок, які выконваецца ў дадзены момант. Дзеці будуюць сцэны, імпартуючы спрайты і фоны з бібліятэк, а затым далучаюць праграмныя блокі, каб ствараць гісторыі і анімацыі з некалькімі спрайтамі. Уключана серыя курсаў, а праграмамі можна абменьвацца паміж прыладамі.

The Recognition

About the Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award

Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню — пераможца Жалезнай прэміі A' Design Award, прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца добрым дызайнам, што адпавядаюць прафесійным і прамысловым патрабаванням, чаканым ад добра распрацаваных твораў. Жалезныя пераможцы дэманструюць вялікае майстэрства, высокую спецыялізацыю, экспертнае разуменне і творчыя здольнасці сваіх стваральнікаў. Чакаецца, што Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы твор, практычны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Жалезную прэмію A' Design Award, інтэгруе лепшыя галіновыя практыкі і мае кампетэнтныя тэхнічныя характарыстыкі, звязаныя з ноу-хау і талентам. Goolalang Платформа для навучання праграмаванню паважаецца за грунтоўнасць і прызначаны даваць паляпшэнні якасці жыцця, што дапамагаюць зрабіць свет лепшым месцам.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Goolalang App is a programming platform for young children based on Goolalang, which is a new drag-and-drop programming language. The appearance of a Goolalang program is like a top-down road with signs representing the direction the program runs. When program is running, a footprint stops where the program executes. It is easy to write multi-sprite stories and animations due to the creative programming blocks. Goolalang App also prepares a series of courses to help children learn Goolalang.
Dimensions & Packaging
This application is based on iPad size and iOS 9 and above system.
Tags
Goolalang, Kindergarten, Programming education, Graphical Programming, STEM
Production Technology
Prototype: Pencil and paper, Axure RP.
UI Design: Adobe Illustrator.
Application Development: Xcode.
Design Challenge
One challenge is that while we realize the great importance of programming thinking in the kindergarten stage, Chinese society generally pays less attention to programming education in kindergarten. The other one is the difficulty to design the programming language, which should not only express programming concepts correctly, including sequences, loops, event and so on but also consider the understanding ability of kindergarten children.
Research
We first study the theory of children's pedagogy, and then adopt the real user test of the beta version. Users of beta test are 30 children around 5-7 years old and 10 adults including kindergarten teachers, full-time mothers, college students, etc. The testing result shows every children show great interest in learning Goolalang programming, and most children can program their own stories or animations freely, which proves Goolalang is suitable for children to learn programming.
Inspiration
With the increasing popularity of children's programming education, programming education in the kindergarten stage has increasingly attracted the attention of society. However, the existing programming and creation tools for kindergarten children are few, which limits the ability of children to create freely. The promotion of kindergarten programming education needs programming languages and tools suitable for kindergarten children's physical development and cognitive level.
Project Duration
The project began at Zhejiang University in China in 2017 and is currently being developed by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Operation Flow
In Goolalang, young children can build scenes by importing favourite sprites and backgrounds from libraries, then write programs by grabbing a programming block, finding a suitable position and attaching it under or inside another programming block again and again. Goolalang App also prepares a series of courses, so young children can program while watching online videos. The video window can be dragged to any position and zoomed to any size. Also, programs can be shared through Airdrop.
Patents
goolalang. 2019 Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Team Members
Yinghan Jin
Yiqiang Chen
Min He
Chunying Luo

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